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Kyle Sandilands

COVER STORY

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Less than six monthslater he had been signed bySeven on even more moneythan he was getting at Ten.

Now it’s the end ofSandilands’ marriage toJaber that’s hogging theheadlines.

‘‘I want her to be happyand she wants me to behappy and there’s no tell-ing what’s going to happenin the future,’’ Sandilandssaid. ‘‘By no means havewe slammed the door ineach other’s face. We justhad to put out a statementso that everyone wouldleave us alone.’’

But just a few days afterthese comments weremade public, Jaber in-sisted Kyle was in denialand there was no chance ofreconciliation.

Back to work, andSandilands says it was theprospect of working on The

X Factor, the brainchild ofIdol creator Simon Cowell,that prompted him to signwith Channel 7.

The X Factor aims to findtalent over the age of 16 infour categories: under-25male, under-25 female,over-25, and vocal groups.The judges are mentors tothe acts and cameras fol-low every move.

‘‘There was an option togo to both Seven and Nine(after being axed by Ten),but I wanted to go whereThe X Factor was going,’’Sandilands says.

‘‘When I found out it wasgoing to Seven, I signedhalf an hour later.’’

The X Factor, Monday,

SCTV, 7.30pm